cable-laid
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ca·ble-laid
(kā′bəl-lād′)adj.
Made of three ropes of three strands each, twisted together counterclockwise.
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cable-laid
adj
(Knots) (of a rope) made of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction
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ca′ble-laid`
adj.
noting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction.
[1715–25]
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